Nordic Games and KING Art have announced a brand new collaboration between the two companies to see a sequel to 2011 video game The Book of Unwritten Tales come into fruition. This sequel simply titled The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 at this stage of development is planned for release during early-2015 on each the PC, Mac and Linux devices… all DRM-free to boot!
With ambitions to “push the boundaries of the niche point and click genre”, KING Art have launched a $65,000 Kickstarter campaign to develop additional content for the game. As of this post going live the developer has raised $14,255 with 39 Days to go…. more than enough time to potentially reach their target.
Martin Kreuch | Producer at Nordic Games
This is a very ambitious project. The fans have been waiting for a new adventure in the world of Aventasia that continues the story of BoUT 1. We have a long and very fruitful track-record working with KING Art, which is why it is important to us to support them in any way that is needed. If KING Art wants to try out something new, why should we be hindering them in doing so? At first, it seemed strange to us thinking about an already funded game being on Kickstarter, but then we were amazed about the possibility to get direct feedback from the crowd about this additional on-top content and features.
Jan Theysen | Creative Director at KING Art
We’re thrilled to be working alongside Nordic Games again on The Book of Unwritten Tales 2. At a later stage of the development process – production start was in October 2012 –, we suggested to Nordic Games to add additional features (multiple ways to solve certain puzzles, optional sidequests with different outfits to customise the appearance of your character etc.) and more community communication to further improve the game. Based on our very positive experience with Kickstarter on a different project (Battle World: Kronos), we suggested involving the community directly via Kickstarter to see if these features are something that gamers would like to see in an adventure game. Every cent from the campaign goes directly into the on-top content and we are excited to see how the adventure community will react to our ambitious plans.
For more information on the game, check out its Kickstarter page HERE.
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The story takes place one year after the events of The Book of Unwritten Tales. Our four playable characters, Wilbur the gnome mage, elven princess Ivo, adventurer Nate and his companion, the critter, all have their own problems to deal with. But then a new threat appears and the four work together to save the world of Aventasia once more.
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